***NOTE: I DID take a look at the Clone Wars sourcebook to check out Wizards' version of Count Dooku, and as usual was totally dissatisfied. Main points of contention: although the films are the only "true canon" to which I adhere, certain points regarding Dooku must be considered based on expanded information. For example, although the various lightsaber "forms" are unmentioned in the films, different styles are certainly observed between characters, and as the forms ARE included in the Jedi Knight's Talent tree, it seems only suitable to use them. Yoda was the acknowledged master of the Ataru (Hawk-Bat form), while Dooku was a master of Makashi or "Contention form," a fencing technique with emphasis on lightsaber combat. In the films, he demonstrates Yoda's Ataru style as well, flying through the air (though not as quick as Master Yoda). Of course, WotC gives him neither of these Talents. It was these skills that made him one of the foremost 'saber duelists of his time...it was noted that other than Yoda, Dooku was the only Jedi to ever best Mace Windu in lightsaber combat.

Another point, only briefly mentioned in the film, was Dooku's return to his aristocratic roots after leaving the Jedi Order (Dooku being only one of 12 Jedi Masters to do so accounting for his bust in the Jedi Temple). A level of Noble prior to his joining the Sith appears appropriate, especially as it gives him the Demand Surrender talent, attempted in both Episodes II and III. WotC ignores this as well.

As mentioned earlier, Dooku is pretty old at the time of the films. Based on the actor's age at filming, he is 78 (Old) in Episode II and 81 (Venerable) in Episode III, accounting for a drop-off in fighting power (including a loss of hit points); despite this, he remains a fairly formidable opponent. It is not un-reasonable to consider that Dooku's leaving of the Jedi, his susequent disenchantment with the Order, and his fall to the Dark Side may have been predicated in part on the loss of his abilities to age. It is quite possible his dueling success against Master Windu came years earlier when he was in his prime (or middle aged at most), being 20 years older than the younger Jedi.

Finally, while Dooku's final Destiny may seem to have been ending up in four separate pieces ("you'll die as you lived, in the flash of the blade..."), I have assumed he fulfilled two Destinies prior to his appearance in celluloid: the Education of his apprentice Qui-Gon Jinn and his own Corruption to the Dark Side (upon assuming the Sith mantle). The bonuses for the fulfillment of these destinies is included above.

Oh, yeah...I've included two more versions of Dooku below. The first is an "Episode I version," of a sort (after his leaving of the Jedi Order, but before his fall to the Dark Side). He is still 68 and Old and actually at the lowest point of his career prior to his Sith. The second is Dooku in his prime, just prior to reaching Middle Age. Though not as strong in the Force, he is a tremendous duelist.***